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Originally Posted by ghak99
If Garrett wasn't being a douche with the takedown and then keeping his hands locked throughout the roll, none of this happens.
Rudolph is not the instigator. There is no dick kick. He's obviously not a smart QB, but I see nothing he should be punished for.
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Actually, there quite clearly is.
And there was nothing legally wrong with Garrett's tackle. It doesn't matter that there were only a few seconds left in the game. It's football, and the tackle was a legal tackle.
Rudolph didn't like it, and I can't say I don't understand that, but he clearly tries to rip Garrett's helmet off first using both hands. Left hand clearly grabbing the fasemask and pulling it down, right hands reaches around the back of the helmet trying to pull it off. And he nearly gets it off. That's called instigating; he started it. And the kick to the groin happens almost immediately after the above video clip ends.
And then when they're both up, and Garrett has Mason's helmet, Rudolph rushes forward but behind DeCastro yelling something (we can guess what most of that sounded like), pointing his finger at Garrett before he gets clocked. In other words, Mason didn't have to further antagonize Garrett; he could've simply walked away, found the ref and pleaded his case.
Instead, he gets whacked, and
IMMEDIATELY turns around, hands up in the air, clearly looking for a flag. I find that interesting.